Widgets for Google Reviews

Changelog

5.9.3

• Fixed update failed error (due function _load_textdomain was called incorrectly issue)

5.9.2

• Added lightbox modal for displaying review photos
• Removed tabindex=0 from review text element to prevent it from receiving keyboard focus
• Updated localization files
• Fixed some style issues

5.9.1

• Fixed Google reviews connection wizard dialog for mobile
• Update readme

5.9

• Added Google reviews connection wizard with autocomplete search, available for Google API key owners
• Minor style fixes

5.8

• Added photo in reviews
• Added owner replies in reviews
• Fixed database error for duplicate author_url
• Some minor styles improvements
• Updated to WordPress 6.8

5.7.1

• The option ‘Use old Places API’ is duplicated on the Advance tab

5.7

• Major bugfix for using new Places API from previous release
• Refresh reviews schedule supports both Places APIs (Old and New)

5.6

• New option to use the old Google Places API (for API keys created before March 1, 2025)
• Bugfix: JavaScript error in the review block
• Improved Slider layout styles

5.5

• New Google Places API integrated
• New option to control review update frequency (to support API key in free quota)
• Bugfix: load language in the init action

5.4

• Security fix: check wp nonce in rate us and overview ajax controllers

5.3

• Improve: new color options for business name, based on and powered messages
• Improve: reviews connection wizard has been adapted for table and mobile screens
• Improve: assets (js/css) updated for the recent changes
• Bugfix: undefined error if Slider layout has no reviews
• Minor style fixes
• Translation fixes

5.2

• Improve: custom number of columns for slider and grid
• Improve: changed ‘powered by Google’ logo from image to text
• Improve: made compatible with WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation)

5.1

• Improve: fixed issues reported on accessibe.com
• Bugfix: multiple widgets on same page did not work correctly
• Bugfix: color style options were not saved correctly
• Preparing for custom number slider and grid columns

5.0

• New option: short last name (show only first name and first letter of last name, GDPR)
• New option: hide reviews without text
• New option: reset to default style
• Bugfix: color style inputs editable

4.8.2

• Bugfix: slider prev and next buttons for RTL in the right directions
• Bugfix: Google reCaptcha fix in the connection popup
• Improve: added Arabic language

4.8.1

• Bugfix: very important bugfix, reduced author_url length to 127 characters coz it causes a database error for old MySQL versions
• Update to WordPress 6.7

4.8

• Improve: added WordPress preview feature
• Improve: new style option ‘Reviews color’
• Improve: new style option ‘Reviews text color’
• Bugfix: added nofollow attribute for ‘review us on G’ button

4.7

• Improve: new style option ‘Button color’
• Bugfix: update JavaScript column and slider libraries

4.6

• Improve: new style option ‘Stars color’
• Bugfix: Undefined Rating theme error on the reviews widget list page
• Bugfix: JavaScript error when dots are disabled and autoplay is enabled in the Slider theme

4.5

• Bugfix: incorrect initialization of the Slider theme in the previous release

4.4

• Improve: node-minify library updated for better assets (js & css) compression
• Bugfix: twice ‘read more’ link for List layout

4.3

• Improve: major slider rework
• Improve: different size of slider dots
• Improve: default slider speed has been reduced to 3 seconds
• New option: slider stops on mouse over
• Some bugs fixed

4.2

• Improve: added new layout Rating
• Improve: author URL is unique to avoid duplicate reviews
• Improve: added service button to remove duplicate reviews
• Improve: plugin’s description
• Bugfix: document.referrer empty with protected Referrer-Policy header

4.1

• Improve: description & manuals
• Bugfix: Undefined property $error_message in class-settings-save.php(63)
• Update to WordPress 6.6

4.0

• Improve: added field for Google API key on the Support menu
• Improve: test Google API key when saving
• Improve: new screenshots for manual of finding Google Place ID
• Improve: support description update

3.9

• Improve: connect Google reviews by PID (Place ID), not only search term
• Improve: search Google place by non UTF-8 symbold (like ü)
• Improve: remove unused ajax grw_connect listener
• Improve: reduce fields for set_place query
• Improve: put new connected Google place to the top of connections list
• Improve: trying to get 10 reviews with own Google API key connection
• Improve: debug information moved to Support menu
• Bugfix: incorrect redirect after initial Google reviews connecting
• Bugfix: initial Google reviews connecting dialog not modal

3.8

• Update Google connection method
• Bugfix: used own Google API key (if saved) in the initial connect
• Clear unused code

3.7

• Initial Google connection page
• Performance improve: async CSS loading
• Update to WordPress 6.5

3.6.2

• Bugfix: js resize error if reviews is hidden for slider layout

3.6.1

• Bugfix: twice CSS file in Remove Unused CSS safelist for WP Rocket plugin

3.6

• Bugfix: fixed Remove Unused CSS safelist for WP Rocket plugin
• Improve: added Lithuanian language

3.5

• New Settings: load assets (js/css) by demand (only on pages where shortcodes/widgets are)
• Bugfix: remove double quotes in shortcode for ID attribute
• Some translation fixes

3.4

• Improve: added main CSS file to Remove Unused CSS safelist (WP Rocket plugin)
• Bugfix: incorrect width of a slider flex review container (grw-review)

3.3

• Improve: editor can moderate Google reviews
• Improve: ‘review us on G’ button style fixes
• Bugfix: wp_enqueue_script was called incorrectly
• Bugfix: rateus popup disappear after vote

3.2

• Security issue fix (escape shortcode attributes)
• Improve: database creation code
• Improve: error message when connecting empty Google place
• Bugfix: undefined property $rating/$reviews for empty Google place
• Bugfix: plugin updates when existing install
• Rename ‘next reviews’ to ‘more reviews’ text

3.1

• Bugfix: reviews disappear after slider return back
• Bugfix: reviews shift if slider resize

3.0

• Improve: New Grid layout
• Improve: new box shadow option
• Improve: new radius border option
• Improve: redesign Slider layout
• Improve: added default Google business photo
• Bugfix: Google place may be null in reviews connection
• Update to WordPress 6.4

2.9

• Simple Google reviews block implementation done
• Improve: added executed time in refresh schedule
• Bugfix: correct number of months on overview page
• Some translation fixes
• Style fixes

2.8

• Update to WordPress 6.3
• Improve: block connections and options sidebar
• Improve: request newest reviews in daily update schedule
• Bugfix: showing all empty reviews for empty place

2.7

• Improve: block starting
• Improve: Google Reviews connection wizard
• Improve: show reviews with empty language attribute
• Improve: default language if it’s not select English

2.6.2

• Improve: possibility to get more than 5 reviews on initial connection
• Improve: hide service options on Settings page
• Bugfix: height fix for empty reviews in Slider theme
• Bugfix: Overview stats errors fixing for long periods
• Bugfix: escape encrypted API key in the debug information

2.6.1

• Bugfix: JavaScript errors on Overview page (incorrect stats time)

2.6

• Improve: slider auto-play option
• Bugfix: PHP 8.2 support
• Bugfix: encrypted Google API key saved
• Bugfix: correct calculation for overview usage stats
• Links fixed

2.5.1

• Improve: test mode for auto refresh reviews schedule
• Improve: auto enable reviews update schedule if Google API key saved
• Improve: Google connection handler redone to ajax
• Improve: overview page has usage stats
• Improve: overview page has a monthly period for stats graph
• Added promo coupon for the business version link
• Some CSS fixes

2.5

• Improve: autosave reviews feed by timeout
• Improve: contrast (Next Reviews link color)
• Bugfix: rating header photo centered
• CSS small fixes

2.4.2

• Improve: encrypted Google API key in debug information
• Improve: moved Google Places API connection service to richplugins domain
• Bugfix: PHP warning about empty icon for place
• Bugfix: wrong business_id field in the database

2.4.1

• Bugfix: language change error in the new Google connection wizard

2.4

• Improve: Google reviews connection wizard
• Bugfix: database warnings fixes

2.3

• Improve design: stars color, widget builder
• Bugfix: wrong argument in foreach loop
• Bugfix: Undefined property key in reviews connection
• Bugfix: Undefined property language in the reviews update schedule
• Update to WP 6.2

2.2.9

• Improve: new options (rating by center, hide biz photo, hide biz name)
• Improve: contrast (backgrounds and colors)
• Improve: added WP language in debug information
• Improve: SVG prev & next buttons in slider
• Translation fixes (for Slovenian, Dutch)

2.2.8

• Improve: GDPR full support
• Improve: save business and user images locally
• Improve: change language dynamically
• Improve: reconnect button
• Bugfix: clear cache in refresh reviews schedule
• Bugfix: business photo is not round
• Bugfix: floor round for time ago months

2.2.7

• Bugfix: Stop instant autoscroll of the slider
• Improve: business plugin description update

2.2.6

• Bugfix: undefined array key ‘place_id’
• Bugfix: the query argument of wpdb::prepare() must have a placeholder
• Bugfix: empty feed in reviews update schedule
• Bugfix: some style fixes

2.2.5

• Improve: reviews update daily schedule
• Bugfix: slider lite correctly fit with one column layout
• Bugfix: CSS RTL rule fixes

2.2.4

• Bugfix related with the previous release

2.2.3

• Security: check admin role in widget create function
• Improve: initial Google reviews connection
• Improve: redirect to a widget builder page after plugin’s activation
• Some language fixes

2.2.2

• New Overiew page
• Bugfix: slider lite resize
• Some translation fixes
• Update to WP 6.1

2.2.1

• Bugfix: Undefined property $hide_writereview
• Some translation fixes

2.2

• Feature: ‘review us on G’ button in the List layout
• Feature: option for hide ‘review us on G’ button
• Bugfix: remove scrollbar in FF browser
• Some translation fixes
• Some style fixes

2.1.9

• Update to WP 6.0
• Bugfix: null property error in the scroll event

2.1.8

• Improve: new slider button text ‘review us on G’
• Improve: separate slider and common options in widget builder
• Improve: slider active dots blue color
• Bugfix: slider dots round

2.1.7

• Improve: slider hide prev & next buttons option
• Improve: slider hide dots option
• Bugfix: multiple duplicate of business photos
• Bugfix: duplicate reviews

2.1.6

• Bugfix: slider fixed with latest webkit
• Bugfix: wrong text domain for load_plugin_textdomain

2.1.5

• Improve: added updated timestamp in Google place table
• Bugfix: forced update old databases
• Bugfix: wrong text domain
• Bugfix: checking POST param (update_db_ver) in settings save
• Bugfix: nofollow & open new tab for Google place link

2.1.4

• New slider feature: speed option
• Slider responsive bug
• Translation fixes (for Dutch)

2.1.3

• New slider option: text height
• New slider option: hide border
• Added Latvian language
• Translation fixes
• Style fixes

2.1.2

• Translation fixes
• Style fixes

2.1.1

• Update to WP 5.9
• Improve: RTL support (for admin)
• Improve: some style fixes
• Small bug fixes

2.1.0

• Bugfix: broken the ‘See All Reviews’ link without header
• Bugfix: wrong language ISO codes for Chinese (correct zh and zh-Hant)

2.0.9

• Improve: added settings for manually db updates
• Bugfix: conflict with a business version
• Bugfix: broken the ‘See All Reviews’ link without header
• Bugfix: wrong language ISO codes for Chinese (correct zh and zh-Hant)

2.0.8

• Bugfix: js errors if reviews are hidden in the slider
• Bugfix: slider is not responsive on some wp themes
• Translation fixes

2.0.7

• Slider layout: bug and style fixes

2.0.6

• Great features – slider layout and ‘Write a Review’ button!

2.0.5

• Reassembled production assets (js, css)

2.0.4

• Bugfix: duplicate reviews for empty language
• Style fixes

2.0.3

• Ajax auto-save for widgets
• Small bug fixes

2.0.2

• Improve instantly Google reviews connection
• Separated assets to dist and src for speed up the loading
• Preparing a database for introducing rating & reviews stats
• Deleted unused JS libraries
• Dropped unused db columns
• Update support page

2.0.1

• Instantly Google reviews connecting
• Full Google reviews multi-language support
• Bug and style fixes

2.0

• Plugin keeps the widgets and shortcodes
• Reviews feed builder
• Separate menu in wp-admin
• Fully architecture redesign
• Bug fixes

1.9.9

• Bugfix: PHP 8 problem (vsprintf(): Argument #2 ($values) must be of type array)

1.9.8

• Improved usability
• Installation guide fixed
• Bugfix: __ function instead of grw_i

1.9.7

• Update to WordPress 5.8
• Update settings page and Full Installation Guide

1.9.6

• Little bugfix
• Removed external debug information

1.9.5

• Remove http in svg type

1.9.4

• Update to WordPress 5.7
• Improve: added Ukrainian language
• Bugfix: little fixes in Swedish translation

1.9.3

• Bugfix: powered by icon large width

1.9.2

• Updated welcome description
• Added hi-res powered by images
• Improve: RTL support
• Bugfix: business avatar shadow
• Bugfix: ‘read more’ supports UTF

1.9.1

• Small bugfix with a translations
• Update to WordPress 5.6

1.9

• Improve: Added Full Installation Guide
• Improve: Added Slovenian language
• Improve: Increased refresh reviews timeout
• Bugfix: Google default avatar quality is 128px

1.8.9

• Improve: Added Swedish language
• Bugfix: Google default avatar quality is 128px

1.8.8

• Update to WordPress 5.5
• Improve: Added Lao language
• Improve: Added Greek language
• Improve: Added Russian language

1.8.7

• Added text domain and path for localization
• Bugfix: W3C compatibility
• Bugfix: Some fixes for fr_FR locale

1.8.6

• Bugfix: create db fixes

1.8.5

• Improve: added reviews moderation
• Bugfix: some fixes with locales

1.8.4

• Bugfix: fatal error when reinstall from scratch
• Bugfix: little fixes for locales

1.8.3

• Improve: added new locale sk_SK
• Improve: added new locale de_AT
• Improve: update installation video, readme and screenshots
• Bugfix: Yoast XML plugin makes ‘Class not found’ error

1.8.2

• Improve: added ‘Based on … reviews’ feature
• Improve: added hide reviews option

1.8.1

• Update to WordPress 5.3
• Improve: added dots for read more link
• Improve: added width, height, title for img elements (SEO)
• Improve: added rel=”noopener” option
• Improve: added new locale cs_CZ

1.8

• Improve: added advance options panel
• Bugfix: 404 link to all reviews page for some places

1.7.9

• Bugfix: is_admin checks for notice

1.7.8

• Improve: shortcode support
• Improve: added new locale bg_BG
• Improve: admin notie
• Bugfix: undefined widget property in Elementor

1.7.7

• Bugfix: some style fixes

1.7.6

• Bugfix: fix French, Dutch and German translations

1.7.5

• Update to WordPress 5.2
• Bugfix: conflict with a Bootstrap css in the widget

1.7.4

• Improve: added auto schedule for refreshing Google reviews
• Improve: added new locale fi_FI
• Improve: added new locale he_IL

1.7.3

• Improve: reduce reviewer avatars size
• Improve: added option for image lazy loading

1.7.2

• Update readme and links to the business version

1.7.1

• Improve: added hook to enqueue scripts and styles

1.7

• Update to WordPress 5.1
• Bugfix: issue with an empty language

1.6.9

• Improve: ‘read more’ link feature
• Improve: direct link to reviews on Google map
• Improve: language support of Google reviews
• Improve: added centered option
• Improve: update widget design
• Improve: update setting page design

1.6.8

• Update plugin to WordPress 5.0
• Improve: added a default sorting by recent
• Improve: added a detailed instruction how to create a Google Places API key

1.6.7

• Bugfix: fixed the issues with working on site builders (SiteOrigin, Elementor, Beaver Builder and etc)
• Bugfix: aseerts loaded with plugin’s version to uncached

1.6.5

• Bugfix: fill hash in reviews database

1.6.4

• Important note: Google Places API now returns reviews with anonymous authors, we added support of this
• Improve: widget works in any page builders (SiteOrigin, Elementor, Beaver Builder and etc.)

1.6.3

• Important note: Google has changed the Places API and now this is limited to 1 request per day for new accounts, we have changed the plugin according to this limitation
• Improve: added feature to upload custom place photo

1.6.2

• Bugfix: remove deprecated function create_function()

1.6.1

• Improve: support of SiteOrigin builder
• Bugfix: fix css classes for the setting page

1.6

• Feature: Added pagination
• Feature: Get business photo for place
• Feature: Added maximum width and height options
• Improve: Added compatibility with WP multisite
• Improve: Added checking of Google API key
• Bugfix: change DB.google_review.language size to 10 characters
• Bugfix: corrected time ago messages

1.5.9

• Fixed incorrect messages in the time library
• Added Italian language (it_IT)

1.5.8

• Improve: Added language setting
• Added Polish language (pl_PL)
• Added Portuguese language (pt_PT)
• Update plugin to WP 4.9

1.5.7

• Widget options description corrected
• Bugfix: widget options loop
• Added Danish language (da_DK)

1.5.6

• Tested up to WordPress 4.8
• Improve: change permission from activate_plugins to manage_options for the plugin’s settings
• Bugfix: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION for curl used only with open_basedir and safe_mode disable
• Bugfix: cURL proxy fix

1.5.5

• Update description
• Bugfix: use default json_encode if it’s possible

1.5.4

• Bugfix: badge, available for old versions, not clickable

1.5.3

• Bugfix: set charset collate for plugin’s tables
• Improve: extract inline init script of widget to separate js file (rplg.js), common for rich plugins

1.5.2

• Full refactoring of widget code
• Bugfix: widget options check
• Bugfix: SSL unverify connection
• Bugfix: remove line breaks to prevent wrapped it by paragraph editor’s plugins
• Added debug information

1.5.1

• Added Catalan language (ca)
• Added Spanish language (es_ES)
• Added Turkish language (tr_TR)

1.5

• Remove ‘Live Support’ tab from setting page
• Added instruction and video how to get Google Places API Key
• Added Dutch language (nl_NL)

1.49

• Bugfix: time-ago on English by default, update readme, added fr_FR locale

1.48

• Bugfix, update readme

1.47

• Added localization for German (de_DE)

1.46

• Bugfix: remove unused variable

1.45

• Bugfix: auto-updating existing place rating

1.44

• Update readme

1.43

• Bugfix, Added search by Google Place ID

1.42

• Bugfix: update path images in reviews helper

1.4

• Bugfix: update path images